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- 'Dilli Chalo' march suspended for the day after eight farmers injured because of tear gas fired by policeFarmer protests are set to resume with a 'Delhi Chalo' march on Sunday, sparking security concerns and police barricades. Farmers are deman...
- Panel on farm fires for 'red entry' in recordsIt is also readying to ask central ministries to consolidate and converge various schemes to ensure a more robust stubble supply chain mana...
- Stubble burning: NGT directs Punjab, Haryana to prepare time-bound action plan for 2024Acknowledging that farm fire incidents were now on the wane, the bench, in an order passed on Wednesday, said according to the report, ther...
- NGT issues notice to Punjab CS, CPCB on air pollution caused by stubble burningThe green panel also took on record a report by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a...
- Machines, bio decomposers used less in Punjab: central pollution studyThe assessments said there were successful field experiences with bio-decomposers in UP, Haryana and even Delhi, but "no efforts were made ...
- 'Severe' air pollution chokes Delhi as farm fires rage in PunjabThe Commission for Air Quality Management, a statutory body established in 2021 to combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR, stated last week that...
- Farm fire incidents down 25 pc compared to last year, one-tenth of Punjab: Haryana CM KhattarManohar Lal Khattar also said an expert committee has been formed to look into the proposition of buying paddy straw from farmers at minimu...
- 51% cut in stubble burning this season against corresponding period last year: Air quality panelIncidents of stubble burning have come down by over 51 per cent this season so far compared to the corresponding period last year, accordin...
- 51% cut in stubble burning this season against corresponding period last year: Air quality panelThe panel said enforcement agencies have inspected 8,575 sites in Punjab, Haryana and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and an environmental c...
- Government open for discussions: FM Sitharaman on farmer agitationThousands of farmers are protesting on key entry points to the national capital for over two months, demanding the repeal of the three farm...
- Air quality panel talks farm fires with PunjabThis is set to be followed up by city-specific action plans for all major cities and towns in areas adjoining Delhi-NCR. CAQM came up with ...
- Air pollution may lead to faster spread of COVID-19 infections, officials tell Parliamentary panelThe agenda of the meeting was to deliberate upon "steps taken for prevention of air pollution special emphasis on finding permanent solutio...
- Parliamentary panel raps UD Ministry for 'lopsided allocation' of fundsThe Committee noted that 52.61 per cent of the total budget estimate (2017-18) or Rs 18,000 crore of Rs 34,211.84 crore of Urban Developmen...
- Coca-Cola India unit asked to pay Rs 216-crore damagesCoca Cola, the world's largest beverages maker, to pay Rs 216 crore as compensation for pollution and depleting groundwater, a Kerala gover...
- PM promises prices will stabilise soonIn a bid to quell the price rise fires, PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday set up a panel of CMs, which he will head to consider measures to cur...
- 'Farm land for SEZs won't hit food security'Even as land acquisition for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) faces fire, the Planning Commission has said that limited acquisition of farm la...
- Cabinet to take final call on farm insurance schemeFarmer-unfriendly SEZs may not be the only issue for policymakers in the UPA to worry about in the agriculture sector.
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